Ian Lee, Sr.: +Andrew Hoover for what? The protocol from the sensor to the edge router very well may be many things and probably pre-defined for you by the vendor of the sensors you need. If you're connecting the edge device to the cloud then I'd probably go with AMQP if possible, otherwise MQTT. But, that's going to be dependent on what service your device is connecting to. So, can I just say "it depends!"? :D Do you have a more specific scenario in mind?

Unfortunately, it seems that Intel has decided to get completely out of the Maker business. I'd hoped that dropping their higher end maker chips meant that they were going to rally behind the Curie. It's a very capable chip at a nice price point. All it needed was good documentation. It seems Intel has no clue how to write documentation. I hear this about all of their chips.

Ian Lee, Sr.: +Gavin Groce an open protocol is one of the features of this product. You can use Wifi, Z-wave, ZigBee, etc (potentially even the new Bluetooth mesh). So, it's flexible as prices & technologies change/merge. However, I'd be amazed to see these sold for less than $20/outlet.